Jackson Fish Market
Posted on March 5, 2007 by hillel on About

Coolness!

The blog is about to get more interesting cause it won’t be just me posting anymore. Walter Smith will be adding his thoughtful insights as a fellow co-founder of Jackson Fish Market. Even better than his blog posts will be all the code he writes. But that will take a little longer to hit the […]

Posted on February 26, 2007 by hillel on About

I Used To Dream of Making Movies

In my completely unscientific fashion I’ve found that in my experience an unusual number of people engaged in the business of making software have many creative endeavors and dreams outside software. Lots and lots of musicians. Lots of photographers. And lots of people who will secretly tell you (once they get to know you) that […]

Posted on January 15, 2007 by hillel on About

Why Bootstrap?

As described in the last post, the most frequent question I get is “what are you doing”. It’s true that I often answer “we’re making software for consumers.” I’ve also often tried this alternative: “we’re making an independent consumer software company.” Not as short, but more accurate. Those in the industry often ask what I […]

Posted on January 10, 2007 by hillel on About

What are we doing?

Inevitably the single most frequent question I get asked since embarking on this venture has been “what are you doing?” And also inevitably the response I give is “making software for consumers.” This almost always generates the knowing nod from the other party that says “ah, you’re keeping it a secret.” But that’s not really […]